Just red-card this term

11:49 PM,
May 3, 2013

Dana Milbank

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Dana Milbank

President Obama said once again last week that Syria's "use of chemical weapons would be a game-changer."

The president had played this game many times before. "I have made clear that the use of chemical weapons is a game-changer," he said in March, in one of his administration's many repetitions of the term. But what game does Obama propose to change? "By game-changer," ABC News' Jonathan Karl asked him on Tuesday, "do you mean U.S. military action?"

The coach was not about to share his playbook. "By game-changer, I mean that we would have to rethink the range of options," he volleyed. ...